ON JULY 4TH, WE SALUTE THOSE AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES
who have given their lives, their fortunes, to support democracy in
the US and other nations.
Many of us are convinced that our Earth is being visited by alien
craft.
These aliens may be our friends or a deadly enemy, but to ignore them
is
foolishness. We encourage the news media to consider that we receive
thousands of reports each year from witnesses who see, photograph
and video
UFOs. One eyewitness in a court of law can convict and put to death
a
murderer. Why are multiple witnesses ridiculed and ignored if they
see a
UFO? Just look at NASA shuttle tapes with an open mind. There are
UFOs all
over the place. I'm convinced it is our patriotic duty to find the
answer to
what is in our skies. Ignoring a threat does not make it go away.
I have
numerous friends who have served our country gallantly who have chased
or
seen UFOs, I wish to thank the patriots who had the courage to report
UFOs
despite the ridicule. In some ways this is harder than going into
battle.
Have a great summer.

THE EARTH WILL REACH ITS GREATEST DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
this year on the 4th of July, but don't expect a break from the heat
of northern summer. The
Earth has a slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. The sun is in
an
eleven year solar storm cycle that appears to effect UFO activity.
Low solar
storm activity and high number of reports. Now with high solar storm
activty,
reports in June are about half the number of last year's. Low UFO
activity
may reflect the high cost of aviation fuel this year? But since 1947,
when
high UFO activity was first reported there appears to a reverse relationship
between solar storm activity and UFO reports. Air Force Blue Book
files
reveal over a thousand reports for 1952, 1957, and 1966 years with
relatively
low solar activity.

TEN PERCENT OF UFO REPORTS REMAIN UNEXPLAINED

Royal Air Force Director of Intelligence, R. V. Jones, states in the
Condon
Report that, "Over the period from January 1959 to September 1967,
the
British Ministry of Defence received 6254 UFO reports. Seventy remain
unexplained after investigation. For comparison, the American figures,
given
by the Staff of Project Bluebook are 6817 alleged sightings in the
years 1953
to 1965, of these, 1248 were reported too vaguely to allow an attempt
at
explanation. Of the remaining 5569, there were 237 for which explanations
could not be found. Summarizing the British and American experience,
it
appears perhaps 10% of the sightings cannot be explained. In this
residue,
it is probable that the majority of witnesses have made substantial
errors in
their descriptions. A point of dispute is whether after such errors
have
been allowed for, there is enough left that is unexplained to make
us think
that there is a gap in our knowledge either of natural phenomena or
of an
extraterrestrial invasion of our atmosphere, perhaps by intelligently
controlled spacecraft." The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying
Objects,
Dr. Edward Condon Director, pages 929-930

HINTS OF LIFE ON MARS -- The crust of the planet Mars may hold two
to three
times more water than scientists had previously believed. Additionally,
new
photos show obvious areas of water erosion apparently caused by flowing
water. Water is the universal solvent that life must have to exist.
Scientists appear a little perplexed since the temperatures are thought
to
average only -50 Centigrade and water on Earth freezes at O Centigrade.
Apparently the water on Mars is not the same as our water, it is probably
much heavier. This finding is based on a study by Dr. Laurie A. Leshin
of
Arizona State University, whose report will be published in Geophysical
Research Letters on July 15. She compared the amount of deuterium,
an
isotope of hydrogen, found in the Martian atmosphere. Deuterium, a
heavier
form of hydrogen, combines with oxygen to make "heavy" water. In today's
thin Martian atmosphere, water has a deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio five
times
higher than is found in water on Earth. The heavy water compound mixed
with
other chemicals found in sea water may have a much lower freezing
temperature
than water here on Earth. Comets probably carried water rich in deuterium
to
Mars since they have the same ratio of deuterium as Martian interior
water.
The core of Mars may generate heat thawing the water of the planets
anciet
ocean. There have been reports of geysers and infrared indications
that heat
exists. Our ancestors may have been Martian since some hardy Martian
organisms may have survived a journey through space and colonized
Earth. As
you read this, flash floods may be carving new channels on Mars as
photography shows clear evidence of erosion caused by floods. These
new
findings point to the likelihood of life on Mars, since almost every
where on
Earth where water has been found life exists. Life flourishes in even
the
most unlikeliest places such as 10,000 feet below the surface in Antarctica.
Scientists claim its just too cold on Mars for life but ethylene glycol
or
methyl alcohol retard freezing and melt ice. We use them everyday
in our
autos to keep them from freezing. We may have unknown chemicals, minerals,
or unknown heat sources that occur on Mars that create flowing water.

"Obviously Mars looks dry from photographs, but it is quite possible
that a
layer of permafrost exists beneath the planet's surface evaporating
into the
atmosphere at a very slow rate. There is even the possibility that,
in some
regions, sufficient water is collected to form subsurface oceans."
These are
not my ideas, but they are contained in the Air Force's Environmental
Space
Science's Book taught at the Air Force Academy 1972.

Every few years tremendous windstorms occur on Mars with 200 mph winds
that
raise voluminous dust clouds and obscure the surface. When these winds
subside, there is a noticeable greening of the planet. This greening
according to scientists is actually greenish ferrites making it appear
the
planet has vegetation or micro organisms similar to lichen. This is
called
false foliage, but perhaps there really is a form of life? Up until
a few
weeks ago, we were told there was little or no water and no life on
Mars
based on findings from the Viking Lander. I suggest inaccurate testing
was
accomplished by the Viking Lander.

NEW YORK CITY BLACK DISC

MANHATTAN -- On Tuesday, June 27, 2000, five witnesses observed a
partial
black ring which they described as a flattened "U" shape slowly movng
overhead across the sky towards the northeast at 8:00 PM. The sky
was light
in the early summer evening when five witnesses saw a donut or "U"
shaped
craft. It was different from the sky and was likely a light colored
material
which was blocking our view of the rest of the dark ring, thereby
creating
the initial impression of the flattened "U" shape. All I can say is,
the way
it looked and the way it moved it was not tumbling or changing orientation.
It was a black partial ring with a light sky-colored or perhaps shiny
reflective material transmitting the color of the sky. It filled the
interior and seemingly blocked our view of the rest of the black ring,
giving
a black flattened "U" shape moving slowly, steadily, and solidly across
the
sky. It was an unusual ring flew out of site due to extreme distance.
I
have seen nor heard of no other which quite fits the same description,
although I have been studying this field for several decades. It is
hard to
determine the size, but I would guess it was a bit smaller than a
747
aircraft at 3 or 4000 feet up. There were five of us watching the
object as
it flew over lower-mid-Manhattan heading east-northeast. The consensus
was
we saw a UFO. Thanks to Larry Clark www.nymufon.org.
and Steve Jones [email protected]
NEW JERSEY ELLIPTICAL BLACK UFO SEEN

MONTCLAIR -- On Saturday, June 18, 2000, at approximately 7:00 PM,
Max
Gebhardt sighted a strange dark object high in the sky. Max reported,
"The
UFO approached from the northwest and departed to the west. It was
a very
small black object, possibly a U-2 or a low-orbit satellite, very
near the
air traffic corridors." Montclair is only 13 miles west of New York
City.
"I lost sight of it after 15 minutes due to its size. It was tiny,
black,
elliptical, possibly very far away, maybe 20 to 30 miles flying at
30,000
feet at about 550 miles per hour." Thanks to UFO Roundup Vol. 5 #
26 June
29, 2000 Editor: Joseph Trainor

GEORGIA GREEN BEAM" AND "SHOOTING STAR

TROUP COUNTY -- Researcher John Thompson reports a father, his
fourteen-year-old son and friend saw a strange "green beam" in the
sky on
Saturday, June 17, 2000." Standing outside on Old Chipley Road at
1:30 AM
the two boys saw the beam while looking southeast towards Pine Mountain.
Turning around one boy said, "Do you see that?" The other, looking
up,
replied "Yea." At about a half-a-mile way, perhaps in extreme north
Harris
County, the boys saw a laser-like "ocean-green beam" standing between
a
low-hanging cloud and the ground. The beam was perpendicular to the
ground
and had an equal diameter its entire length. The somewhat dark green
beam
did not expand or retract; it was just there when they saw it. Watching
the
beam for "four seconds" one boy said it "totally went away." It did
not
fade; recede or contract but simply vanished while the boys had their
eyes on
it. Ten to fifteen seconds later, the boys saw a strange bright white
shooting star fly south where the beam had just been seen. This seemed
a
rather odd coincidence. To this investigator it brought to mind a
stranger
incident in south Troup County that seemed to have a "cause and effect"
relationship involving a "shooting-star" like object. On October 10,
1996, a
TV producer was driving northwest on the Big Springs-Stovall Road
at around
10:00 PM when he noticed a bright, white, star-like light above a
hill to his
north. On the nearby hill, he noticed some kind of dim light or reflection.
As he continued to drive, a standing "circle of red lights" on edge
shot
across the Stovall Road only fifty feet in front of him towards the
illuminated "target" on the hill. After the 8 to 10 feet wide revolving
circle of red lights hit the "target," the bright "star" shot away
out of
sight. The producer was entirely unnerved by the incident and initially
thought someone had shot tracers at him, but could not explain the
cause and
effect relationship he had witnessed. He had not heard any gunshots.

Strongly illuminated beams were seen in South Troup County in August
of 1995,
on the Willie Hodnet Road. A married couple saw a square box over
a pasture
casting a white beam straight down. The beam they saw retracted and
expanded
but, like the latest incident, did not widen at any point. A third
person
saw this same UFO from a different vantage point. On January 8, 1998,
just
north of LaGrange on Highway 219, another married couple saw an intense
beam
start in mid-air and go down to the ground a hundred feet below. This
wide
beam was so intense they said that it could not be seen through. At
no time
during all of these beam sightings was any sound heard or aircraft/search
lights found to be responsible. The normal cast of characters was
contacted
to find, perhaps, a mundane explanation for the Old Chipley Road sighting.
Calls to Callaway Gardens and its nearby airport showed that there
were no
lights of any kind displayed. Mr. Brad Castleberry, a civilian public
affairs officer at Ft. Benning, said none of their fixed or rotary
wing
aircraft were in the Troup-Harris County area or had the capability
to
display a green beam. An earlier call to another source at Ft. Benning
revealed that any craft based there capable of casting light only
have a
"night-sun" light capability. A "night-sun" light mounted on an aircraft
illuminates an area beneath it much like daylight, but does not project
a
narrow beam. Calls to Troup County 911 and the Pine Mountain police
brought
forth no other reports. The ocean-green beam remains unexplained.
The
shooting star may have only been a coincidence. Weather on the night
of the
sighting was scattered cloud cover with light wind and a temperature
of
around 70 degrees F. Ceiling was unlimited, visibility excellent and
a near
full moon out. The witnesses, despite their relative young age, are
judged
reliable. Thanks to John C. Thompson Copyright, 2000. All rights reserved.
[email protected]

MICHIGAN THREE BLACK SPHERE'S CAUGHT ON CAMERA

SAULT SAINT MARIE -- I had gone out in front of my house with a digital
camera on June 15, 2000, to take a series of photographs, and to try
out a
new panoramic photo construction program for my computer. I took a
total of
eleven photo's of three black sphere's, in a 360 degree circle from
the
ground to the sky using a tripod, at about 5:30 PM-EST. I then went
back in
the house, copied the jpg. photo's from the disk in the camera onto
my hard
drive, and constructed the panorama. As I was scrolling around in
a circle,
I could see a small black dot in the sky to the west. The program
allows you
to zoom in, so when I did this, the dot appears to be a black sphere.
I
zoomed out and scrolled to the north, and there were two more black
spheres'.
In the photo, they almost appear to be in a large triangle formation.
I
would estimate the size of them in the photo to be about the size
of a pencil
eraser held at arm's length. I have the photo at 768x1024 pixels.
Thanks to
Peter Davenport NUFORC www.ufocenter.com.

ILLINOIS BLACK TRIANGULAR CRAFT

GREENFIELD -- On June 14, 2000, the witness reports, "I walked outside
and
looked west at a 2 o'clock position in the sky. I noticed nine brightly
flashing lights in a V shape and moving in perfect formation and in
unison at
9:30 PM. I immediately called a friend to look and we were on the
phone as
we both watched the black triangular craft. The lights were not quite
as big
as Venus appears, but they were blinking randomly. The open part of
the V
was at least 5 to 6 full moons across. Commercial aircraft would not
have
been in such a formation, and military aircraft at that distance would
have
been heard. There was no sound as they moved east to west across the
sky at
about the same speed as commercial jet aircraft. If these were multiple
aircraft the formation was perfect. I watched them until they passed
behind
some trees. My friends who were still on the phone with me reported
it moved
west for at least another five minutes. They reported seeing an obviously
recognizable airplane in the vicinity of the black triangle.

CAHOKIA MOUNDS -- We were driving past the mounds on an old road near
Route
111 on June 16, 2000, when we saw a strange light but just figured
it to be
an airplane. At 9:45 PM, as we got closer we could tell it was no
airplane.
It had four lights with blue and green colors. The craft was black
in color
but almost gray. It was only a 1,000 feet above the ground. It was
a
perfect triangular shape, with no curves at all. It was obvious that
it was
no airplane. It flew very slowly without sound and the lights from
the craft
were just so bright it lit up the area around the craft. The weather
was a
light rain, but we had clear sight of it.
ST. LOUIS -- A couple hours later at 11:30 PM, a caller to the National
Reporting Center stated, "My mom and a friend were returning home,
crossing
the McKinley Bridge over the Mississippi River into Illinois. As they
began
to cross the bridge, they saw a large object hovering in the sky.
The object
was above the bridge near the CAHOKIA MOUNDS. They stopped and watched
it
for a minute or so. They said it was perfectly still, at a height
where a
very low flying plane would be. Both witnesses claimed it was difficult
to
make out an exact shape - but drew me a picture and verbally described
it.
They saw two large glowing circular white lights on the side, that
were
attached to a long cigar shaped fuselage. They had difficulty describing
what attached the lights to the body. I asked what made them think
it was
not a helicopter? They said, "It was WAY too large for a helicopter
and
remained perfectly still without any sound." They decided to keep
moving and
the passenger was looking out the rear window at the object. She lost
track
of the object briefly but saw it just in time to watch it streak across
the
sky at incredible speed. She said, "It then stopped instantly over
the
Mississippi at a point south of their current position." They continued
home. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director NUFORC www.ufocenter.com.

TEXAS FUTURISTIC PLANES

DALLAS -- Jonathan Miller writes, "I'm 17 years old and on June 23,
2000, for
the first time I actually saw real life proof of something going on."
I went
outside at about 10:27 PM, to play basketball and was waiting my friends
sitting on a swing. I am looking up at the sky, which had no stars
and saw
two bluish almost futuristic type planes soar by faster than any planes
can
go. They flew by quickly but I was able to see them in the dark. What
I saw
gave me chills. They passed by in not even in a second. They left
blue
lines in the dark sky that was visible for a couple of seconds. They
appeared to be breaking the sound barrier over our neighborhood and
I
expected a boom. But they were totally silent. The lines disappeared
and I
yelled to my friend to come out fast. Thanks to Jonathan Miller [email protected]
and Larry Clark [email protected].

OREGON UFOs FILMED

HOOD RIVER -- James A. Gilliland reports that on June 24, 2000, there
was a
wonderful display of UFO activity. One very large craft flew directly
over
the Bridgehouse. It morphed from one light disk into three and four
then
returned to one again. Yes, it is on film. We have footage of ships
rising
on both sides of Mt Adams now. One in particular was immense. It rose
up,
went behind the mountain then moved right towards us. An aviation
expert was
present and had no doubt he had seen a UFO. It later ascended and
hovered
for the rest of the evening next to a triangular star pattern. Several
were
filmed last night, with one crossing the sky at a very high altitude
and
speed. Thanks to James Gilliland Self-Mastery Earth Institute
<[email protected],
www.cazekiel.org

NEW MEXICO NIDS COW ANIMAL MUTILATION SURVIVES

On May 20, 2000, NIDS was alerted to a two year old Charolais cow
which
had been mutilated near Cuba, New Mexico, three days previously but
the
animal had survived. The animal was recovering at a nearby veterinary
clinic.
On May 22, 2000, the NIDS veterinarian plus two NIDS investigators
arrived to
examine it. The animal's left ear had been removed completely, its
right ear
was substantially removed and the animal's lips appeared to have been
injured
or degraded. A search for needle marks was negative. Both veterinarians
concurred that there was no evidence whatsoever that the animal had
been
attacked by predators or scavengers. Rather, they concurred that a
sharp
instrument had likely been used to remove the ears. Multiple blood
samples, a
small tissue biopsy and fecal samples were taken and analyzed. See
"http://www.nidsci.org"

UK STRANGE DAZE MAGAZINE

Strange Daze is an English publication that contains serious articles
and
papers by leading authors and researchers in the fields of Ufology,
the
paranormal and cutting edge science. There are no hard and fast rules
governing submissions to the magazine, apart from an insistence on
quality,
integrity, and a realistic approach to the subject. So far, Strange
Daze has
been primarily aimed at a semi-academic readership and the magazine's
detailed technical features often reflect this. The quality of writing
is
high and for this reason, much of the material showcased in Strange
Daze has
eventually finds its way into the wider world of publishing. Editor
Gloria
H. Dixon and the editorial team have a bold vision for the magazine's
future,
focusing on the profound issues of consciousness and our hopes, fears
and
expectations in this brave new world. The current edition (Issue 20)
of
Strange Daze contains a major feature by aviation writer Bill Rose
on secret
"Cold War" space projects, including the Pentagon's plans to build
a military
fortress on the Moon. In his lengthy article "The Scare in the Air,"
journalist DR David Clarke traces UFO sightings back to the beginning
of the
last century and takes a close look at Zeppelin activity during World
War
One. Kate Taylor, who is now regarded as an important authority on
modern
American political history, examines the possibility that Ted Kennedy
was
framed at Chappaquiddick. Ufologist Michael Lewis looks back at Millennium
madness, while Dave Newton, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
discusses the latest astronomy and space exploration developments.
Last is
Gloria Dixon's fascinating account of paranormal events at one of
Britain's
most mysterious locations, Windwhistle Hill. Strange Daze costs £10
for four
issues per year in the UK and £15 for other subscribers. Website at:
www.strangedaze.ic.24.net.
[email protected]

Editor's Note: Bill Rose's article revealed the US planned to build
a
military fortress on the Moon were stopped apparently due to the high
cost,
but I wonder if there were other reasons? Dr. David Clarke's Clark's
article
concerning Zeppelin Dirigible activity during World War I was particularly
interesting to me since I flew over England for four years. During
World War
I hardly a night would go by without numerous reports of German Zeppelin
activity over England, but the Germans only had one Naval Zeppelin
and five
Army airships in service when war was declared. Within a few months
most had
been destroyed or wrecked. German records reveal Zeppelin activity
was very
limited any where near England, yet sightings of airships was frequent
and
may have been UFOs. Captain Stansfield of the trawler SS Ape and many
of his
crew on December 15, 1914, reported sighting a black airship. After
the war
airship records were read and all German airships were in their hangars
due
to bad weather. On September 6, 1914, Flight Commander C.E.H. Rathborne
of
the Felixstowe Naval Air Station, Suffolk returned from an early morning
patrol in his RNAS seaplane to make perhaps the first report of a
UFO by a
military officer. "At 5:35 AM. whilst on patrol. I sighted an airship
steering south-southeast, with a silver colored envelope on the horizon
while
flying at 1,300 feet, 27 miles south of Orfordness." A military intelligence
report estimated the total number of reports of "enemy signaling"
to be as
high as 2,000 from the Scottish Command alone during the first year
of the
war. By January 31, 1916, nine Naval Zeppelins had been built and
were
ordered to bomb central England. The Zeppelin scares and rumors generated
thousands of reports of phantom airships that based on their records
seldom
ever flew near England. It appears many of the reports may have been
UFOs
since records reveal no known aircraft or airships were flying. Were
these
British eyewitnesses lying, mistaken, or had they really seen UFOs
in their
skies?

CANADA FIRST CROP CIRCLES OF 2000

SASKATCHEWAN -- The first crop circles for 2000 were reported to CPR-Canada
on June 19, 2000, near Willmar, south of Regina. Field assistant Beatta
van
Berkom and local reporter Dawn-Marie Barker report five rings were
found in
pasture grass, each averaging about 26 feet in diameter, and two feet
wide.
At least three of the rings have a cut in the ring, making them more
like a
horseshoe.

RUSSIAN CROP CIRCLES MYSTIFY FARMERS

YUZHNOYE -- The overnight appearance of crop circles in a field in
Southern
Russia June 24, 2000, has puzzled farmers who claim aliens landed
there.
Russian Public TV reported that a farmer from the village of Yuzhnoye,
Stavropol Territory called in local officials "to record an act of
vandalism"
after finding that his field of ripe barley had been ruined. Closer
examination revealed four distinct circles -- one 20 meters in diameter
in
the center and three outer ones 6 meters in diameter each. The barley
had
been smoothed down "as if by hand" in a clockwise direction. Representatives
of the Stavropol Security Council found no traces of radiation or
chemicals,
and human intervention was ruled out. Eyewitnesses in a neighboring
village
said they had seen a UFO landing in the field. Vasily Belchenko, Security
Council Deputy Secretary, was inclined to believe them. "Aliens" took
crop
samples from the field. "There is no doubt that it was not man-made,"
he
said. A 20-cm-deep cylindrical hole with polished walls was found
right in
the center of the large circle suggesting the aliens were taking soil
samples. Thanks to the BBC monitoring at Caversham and Steven L. Wilson,
[email protected]

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AND UFOs

Robert Collins writes...Besides all the other possible scenarios as
to why
JFK might of been assassinated UFOs have come up as perhaps another
reason:
Did JFK really intend to make an announcement on Roswell and an assassin's
bullet got in the way? Was JFK's willingness to be open about many
things
including UFOs within the government earn him the permanent wrath
of people
like Dulles, Colby and Hoover? Please see: http://home.earthlink.net/~rcollins633/reports/kennedy_assassins_.htm

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